Perfect example of “this is why we can’t have nice things!”

Super easy access and amazing to have free camping just outside of Sedona. We were there on a Friday night and within the first two miles on the dirt road, there were approx 20-30 sites filled to 75%.

The camp sites were gigantic!

Lots of trees. Pretty views. Most sites had premade fire rings.

No bathrooms. No water. No electric. No problem!

The downside: there is no rule enforcement. You can tell that people are just doing what they want.

Most of the sites have trash, some of it big and obnoxious like the filled makeshift 5 gallon bucket camping toilet in the bushes at our camp site. Beer cans everywhere. Just nowhere near pristine.

It’s noisy. There are a lot of trailers, dirt bikes, trucks etc coming and going. People playing loud music until 3am, the dude across from us had a generator running allll night (until he got all huffy puffy with me when I woke him up and “encouraged” him to turn it off at 1:30am.

There’s just no respect. It’s sad to see. It’s such a great spot. I hope the forest service takes it over, charges a fee, and makes it a proper staffed campsite.